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Originally Posted by JVN
Live and let live is 100% my opinion on this.
I do not fault any team that uses student coaches, and I understand their justification for it.
I just grow irritated when people tell me that what our team does is "wrong" or that we're "depriving our students" somehow.
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John,
After having more than a few intense discussions with adults involved in the student run/student driven side of things - I've decided it is somehow connected to fear. Fear that the student will lose out or be cheated out of experiencing whatever it is the adults want the student(s) to experience. It is sometimes (or often, it seems to me) a case where the adults and the students they impact, can't quite wrap their minds around what the FIRST mission is.
Those that get it, tend to be more of the 'live and let live' variety, understanding and respecting the various situations and what works well or best with the team(s) involved. They also tend to be the ones who have taken the time to learn about FIRST and to understand it.
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